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A giant of Enlightenment literature, Edward Gibbon (1737-94) was born in Putney, a village then near London. He had six siblings all of whom died in infancy. Gibbon attended Magdalen College, Oxford and was later a member of parliament in London. It was on the Grand Tour in 1763 when he first visited Rome and conceived the idea of a grand history centred on the Eternal City and its empire. It is one of the great historical works.

The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

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      Publisher Arcturus Publishing
      Published 10/30/2025
      ISBN-13 9781398861213
      978-1398861213
      ISBN-10 1398861219
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      Non Fiction History Ancient history

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      Book Synopsis
      A giant of Enlightenment literature, Edward Gibbon (1737-94) was born in Putney, a village then near London. He had six siblings all of whom died in infancy. Gibbon attended Magdalen College, Oxford and was later a member of parliament in London. It was on the Grand Tour in 1763 when he first visited Rome and conceived the idea of a grand history centred on the Eternal City and its empire. It is one of the great historical works.

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